Friday, 21 April 2017

POP! Television – Twin Peaks: The Log Lady

“One day my log will have something to say
about this. My log saw something that night.”

In a show
that’s already studded with mysteries, riddles and bizarre characters, the Log
Lady still stands out as one of the most enigmatic.

Derided as
crazy by most of the town of Twin Peaks, we quickly learn that the Log Lady does have some kind of psychic insight
into the strange events occurring in the town. But as with everyone else who’s
got something useful to say (The Giant, The Man From Another Place, Laura
Palmer et al) it’s couched in highly cryptic
terms. Major Briggs comes closest to getting a straight answer out of her – and
probably not coincidentally, he’s the character who treats her with the most
respect.

Paint is mostly
neat, though make sure you check the hairline and the log – these are the likely
trouble spots. It’s an all-round solid POP. But with all of this said, I suspect
the Log Lady will probably be the lowest-selling figure from the Twin Peaks line. Laura Palmer and Dale
Cooper are the obvious pickups, and the rest of the characters scale down accordingly.
I’m all in personally, but for more casual collectors, Log Lady is easier to
pass on.

Though
Catherine E. Coulson passed away in 2015, the Log Lady will reappear in the
2017 revival as she had apparently already finished filming her scenes. She
wasn’t my favourite character from the ensemble, but she was always
entertaining. Who knows what the Log will have to share this time?